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Persoonlijke gegevens Mervin Gilbert MorriS 

• Hij is geboren op 4 juli 1920 in San Francisco, California, USA.
• Beroep: rond 1945 in Founder Mervyn's Department Store, all, Verenigde Staten.
• (DNA) in y-DNA haplogroup E-M35, subgroup of E-M215.
• Hij is overleden op 24 augustus 2021 in Menlo Park, San Mateo, California, USA, hij was toen 101 jaar oud.

  Let op: Leeftijd boven de 100 (101).

• Een kind van Harry Benjamin Morris en Fanny Leah Dollinger

Gezin van Mervin Gilbert MorriS

Hij is getrouwd met Roslyn Lila Grossman.

Zij zijn getrouwd op 10 september 1950 te San Francisco, California, USA, hij was toen 30 jaar oud.

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Notities over Mervin Gilbert MorriS

He was a third generation Californian. His great grandparents ran a store in the Mother Lode during the Gold Rush. Merv grew up in the small Central Valley farming town of Delano, along with his sisters Bertille and Jacqueline. His parents ran a local retail store called Morris', and Merv learned the retail business early on by working as a sales clerk. After graduating from Delano High School in 1938, he went on to attend one semester at the University of California, Berkeley, before being called home.
Merv returned home after the war and rejoined his parents in the family business. He eventually decided he needed to strike out on his own and relocated to San Francisco. On July 29, 1949, at the age of 29, Merv opened the first Mervyn's in San Lorenzo, California.
From 1949 to 1960, Merv continued to grow the San Lorenzo Mervyn's store, expanding multiple times beyond its original location and solidifying the Mervyn's way. He then set his sights on additional locations. Mervyn's celebrated its first day as a public company in the spring of 1971. With the additional funds from the public offering, Merv was able to rapidly expand Mervyn's. Mervyn's was sold to Dayton Hudson (now Target) in January 1978. Merv remained Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the company until 1979, by which point there were approximately 75 Mervyn's stores.
After he retired from Mervyn's, Merv became Chairman of Morris Management Company, a family investment firm. He held many board positions, including serving on the boards of Dayton Hudson Corporation, Ross Stores, Pacific Gas & Electric Company, Vans Shoes, and the Oakland Tribune. Merv also became a committed philanthropist and served as a trustee on numerous non-profit boards, including the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, the California Academy of Sciences, the Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Stanford Hospital, the Jewish Home for the Aged, Mt. Zion Hospital of San Francisco, and the University of Southern California. He was appointed to serve as a Trustee of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by President George W. Bush in 2002. He was also a civilian advisor to the Commanding General of the Army and Air Force Exchange Service.
Merv and Roz built an admirable philanthropic legacy during their nearly 66 years of marriage. They made a major investment to build the Mervin G. Morris Clubhouse for the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula. They were also committed supporters of the Peninsula Volunteers in Menlo Park, providing critical funds to build the Roslyn G. Morris Activity Center. Their philanthropic interests further included the San Francisco Symphony, the San Francisco Opera, and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
He is also survived by his 14 grandchildren, his 10 great-grandchildren,

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